On his Twitter page, Kanye wrote: "Yo Britney, I'm really happy for you and I'mma let you be #1, but me and Jay-Z single is one of the best songs of all time! LOL"

Britney Spears' manager Adam Leber wasn't amused and sarcastically tweeted back on her behalf, "Thanks for 'letting' us be #1. Much appreciated."

Kanye got enough flack about the tweet that he did something nearly unheard of for him: He deleted it. In its place he wrote, "On a serious note I'm truly happy for @AvrilLavigne and @BritneySpears... No hate in 2011!"